Container



May 22, 1928.

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CONTAINER 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Fi1ed`Dec. 14, 1926 wnsiiriveroitfassienoa'ro c. Hicoiisiv, .INC., Vlor y ELMA,`WASHINGTON, A/CORPORATIONQF wasrrnverolv.`

CONTAINER.

L15pm-omen mealrecemuer 14, 1926. serial No. 154,754.

This invention relates to containers yand more particularly to a container for lmaterials which are-to'be graduallydispensed-or sifted therefrom. l

An important'obje'ctof the invention isto 'provide a container ofgsuchf-shape :that 1t may be readily held in the hand whilefshaking the 'container '.to dispense the contents and so interiorly formed that vthe contents 1o are readily directed toward an 'opening formed in the wall thereof.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which may be very readily and cheaply constructed and which is capable of shipment while knocked down for assembly at the factory where it is to be employed.

These and other objects I attain by the construction shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of my invention and wherein Figure 1 is a plan view of the blank from which the container is formed;

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the container; p

Figure 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of Figure 2; v

Figure 5 is a section on the line 5--5 of Figure 2;

Figure 6 is a perspective view of the corner of the container with the indicated portion cut away to provide an outlet open- 111s;

Figure 7 is a sectional view taken through the blank as folded for shipment.

yReferring now to the drawings and more particularly to Figure 1 thereof wherein is disclosed a blank for the construction of a container in accordance with my invention, the numeral 10 generally designates a central'panel which is relatively narrow and which has connected thereto along its side edges large panels 11 and 12 0f the same length as the panel 10, but considerably broader. The panels 11 and 12 are preferably of the same width and one of these panels has at its free edge a flap 13 adapted to be secured to the free edge of the other of the large panels, so that a triangular tube is formed. Each large panel 11 and 12 has secured to its upper and lower end edges a triangular iiap 14 having its sides of the same length as the width vof thetpanelsll` and 12 and its base of the sameflen'gth as the ywidth-of rthe .rpanel 10. The panel 10 has atits `upper*andlo'wyer endedges similar triangular lpanels 115 vwhich are truncated, as fat 115, that they-'llavealength from this truncated edge to `-the adjacent ledge :of the. .panel 10 'equal l to the length `.of a perpendicular drawn from the attached edges 17 of the triangular flaps 14 to the free apices 18 thereof. This edge 16, therefore, aligns with the apices 18, thus reducing the waste incurred in the formation'of the blanks, and by truncating the flap 15, there is `less material to cut through in removing the corner of the box.

In assembling the container, the ap 13 is irst secured to the free edge of the other of the large panels after which one end of the box is closed by folding in the flap 15, then one of the flaps 14, securing theseaps together and then folding the second flap 14 at its end in upon the first flap 14 and` securing it to this flap. By truncating the flap 15 it provides for the paster to insert his finger under the flap and thus forming a solid base for pasting down next flap. lAn open topped box is thus produced into which the material may be introduced. After the material has been introduced, the top of the box is closed in a similar manner.

' In the construction of the blank, the free corner at the upper edge of each of the large panels is provided with a mark 18; setting off a small triangular corner of the panel and the adjoining portion of the flap 14 which is to be arranged uppermost is provided with a line 19 which, in the assembled relation ofthe container, connects the upper ends of the lines 18 and combines therewithy to provide an indicating mark Vforming a guide for cutting away a corner of the container through which the contents may be delivered. By` cutting away this corner, an opening is formed at one end of the triangular tube and in the end wall thereof and at the minor angle of the tube. The base of the triangle formed by the panel 1() being relatively narrow may be readily grasped in the hand to `dispense the contents of the container through the opening thus formed,y By folding the flaps 13, 14 and 15 upon the same face of the panels `.10, 11 land 12 and th-en folding the panel 12 to which the flap 13 is secured back upon the faces of the panels l0 and l1, as indicated in Figure 7 all of the flaps will be held against movement with relationto the panels and a flat unit provided which .is readily stored -for shipment to the factory. i y

Such a container may be very cheaply produced and is readily assembled. Since the construction thereof is capable oa certain variation, I Ido not limit myseltl to the structure hereinbefore set forth except as hereinafter claimed.

I claim Arcontainer comprising top and botto ends and a body, the body having three sides, one oi which is relatively narrow to permit the edges thereof to be conveniently gripped between the thumb and `fingers of the hand, the remaining sides and top ol the box in conjunction therewith and at the upper corner ot' the box having coacting lines indicating a portion of the container to be removed to produce anoutletior the contents, the ysides of the container' having at their upper and lower end edges triangular flaps, said flaps being connected to the sides along one of the long sides 0l the triangle to overlay each other f, and being pasted to each other to thereby close the ends of the con* tainer, thev iaps of the narrow sidesbeing truncated in alinement with the free apices of the flaps of the wi'dersides, whereby said last named flaps terminate short of the corner which is tobe cut away.

In testimony whereof I hereunto alii): my

signature.

ANDREV J. STORI-IW, 

